The council’s civic cabinet,chaired by Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner,approved travel for two councillors and three senior council officers to go to Paris for a total cost of $123,500.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says the organisation would have been “pretty nervous” about Brisbane’s preparations for the 2032 Games had the city been given hosting rights under the previous selection process.
If the costs stack up,and there would be no net loss of green space,then Victoria Park is an absolute no-brainer.
At 21,Gold Coast raised Keegan Palmer has a long list of achievements and almost as many injuries.
An internationally prominent urban planner believes a plan to rejuvenate Mount Coot-tha Quarry should be a project of state significance. And it can be ready by the Olympics,he says.
There’s time to get the Games right,he says,but Brisbane’s advantage from an 11-year lead-up has been affected by the lack of an independent delivery authority.
With the Brisbane International regularly selling out,an expected 44 per cent more matches for the Olympics could be too much for the Queensland Tennis Centre.
Australian Olympic supremo John Coates says if Brisbane were to build a new Victoria Park stadium,it should not be considered a Games-related cost.
Australian Olympic supremo John Coates has been listed to appear before a Senate inquiry into Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games preparations,after previously declining an offer to provide evidence at Wednesday’s hearing.
Other than the premier,nobody has shouldered the responsibility for the state government’s bizarre decision to host the Olympic Games at a school athletics carnival venue more than John Coates.
The architect of the state government’s plan to use QSAC as Brisbane’s main Olympic stadium has refused an invitation to appear before a Senate inquiry to explain his stance.